Oct 192022
 

There was no sign of Hayde (or anything similar) in this area in the 1659 census or the 1664 Hearth Money Records.

The original Hearth records were destroyed in the Four Courts fire of 1922.  Transcripts from the Kilkenny area are in the St Kieran’s College, Kilkenny and have been reproduced in the Irish Geneologist in 1974 and 1975. These records show various Hayden, Headon, Headon families but not anything like Heade, Hayde, Haide. These entries were also in different locations to where the Heade etc families appeared in the 1800s so I believe are not related.

The Tithe records are therefore the earliest available records. These records showed families in two areas:

Lisdowney Parish (1830)

  • Nicholas Head on 0a 2r 16p at Seskin (Aharney). I have not been able to locate Nicholas in the parish records
  • Martin Head on 1 acre at Lisdowney, Aharney. I have also not been able to locate Martin in the parish records.

Urlingford Parish (1820)

  • James Head on 1a 2r 16p at Tubbrid. Mar Catherine Drisdale
  • Edmond Head at Carranconnell. Mar Ellen Lahy (Edmond was probably a son of James)

James and Edmond were both Tithe defaulters.

The Griffiths records of 1849 showed:

Lisdowney Parish

  • Thomas Hayde on 0a 0r 16p at Frankfort or Ballykieran. Mar Mary Bergan
  • Mary Head on a very small plot at Lisdowney.

Urlingford Parish

  • Thomas Head at Tubbrid Lower. Mar Mary Dowling. Son of James. They were on 3a 1r 19p owned by Arthur St George Esq, who was descended from Lt Arthur St George an officer in the Cromwellian army.
  • Edmund Head at Craddockstown. Mar Ellen Lahy. They were on 2a 0r 21p owned by John Leahy.
  • John Hade at Urlingford. Mar Margaret Kean. They were on 1a 2r 16p of land owned by Viscount Mountgarrett. He owned 20,000 acres in 1640 and was the second largest landowner, behind the Earl of Ormond, at the time.

Thomas, Edmund and John were probably all brothers and were the sons of James who was at Tubbrid in 1820.

Lisdowney – Frankfort/Ballykieran and Foyle

The families in this area were:

Edmund Head (b circa 1750) and Judith

  • Philip and Catherine Magher. Mar 1778, from Skinbutler, Aharney

    • Mary Heade b 1814, Aharney.
    • John b circa 1800. Mar Mary D 1875 Urlingford.
      • Philip (b circa 1820), from Ballygowney, mar Catherine Butler 1843
        • Thomas Head b 1843, Ballygowney. Mar Ellen Lanigan.
          • Thomas Philip Head b 1869, Sunderland, Durham
          • John James Head b 1873
          • Catherine Head b 1876, Hampshire
          • Margaret Ann Head b 1879, Hampshire
          • Mary R Head b 1880, Hampshire
        • William Hade b 1845 Mar Anatasia Fanning, Kilkenny 1860
        • Mary Heade b 1851
        • Bridget Heade b 1853
        • Philip Heade b 1856. Single in 1901
      • Thomas b 1829 B 1881
      • Pierce b 1830. Mar Elizabeth
      • James (b circa 1830) mar Mary Hackett Gortnahoe parish, 1858
        • Thomas Heade b 1858, Whitegate. Mar Mary Hogan
        • Mary Heade b 1859, Whitegate
        • Margaret Heade b 1861, Whitegate
        • James Head b 1863, Whitegate
        • Philip Haide b 1866, Balleen. D Urlingford 1891
        • Michael Heade b 1868. A carpenter. Mar Julia Walsh. Julia emigrated with her sister in 1904 after Michael died in 1902. Her son stayed in Urlingford.
          • James Hayde b 1898, Johnstown. In 1901 was living with his uncle, James in Urlingford. He visited his mother in America in 1921
        • Catherine Heade b 1870, Whitegate
      • John (b circa 1840), from Balleen, Foyle mar Margaret Dalton (b 1843) 1861
        • Thomas Head b 1862, Whitegate
        • James Heade b 1864, Foyle
        • John Heade b 1866, Foyle (Balleen). Mar Ellen Doran 1898
          • William Hayde b 1899, Clomantagh
          • Margaret Hayde b 1901. D 1909
          • Mary Hayde b 1903. Emigrated to Canada 1930
          • John Hayde b 1905. D 1977. Lived in America
          • Thomas Hayde b 1907. Descendants are in Dublin and Urlingford
          • Michael Hayde b 1909. D 1928
          • James Hayde b 1910
          • Edward Hayde b 1912. Descendants in Urlingford and Dublin
        • Catherine Heade b 1871, Foyle 1901
        • Mary Heade b 1873 Foyle 1901

Thomas (b circa 1795) and Mary Bergan – Frankfort in 1849

  • Cath Heade b 1818, Whitegate. Mar Wiley
  • Alice Heade b 1820, Whitegate. Mar Martin Dunn 1853

Edward (b circa 1800) and Cath Farrell

  • James Heade b 1821, Parksgrove. Pos married Mary Hackett – see below
  • Elizabeth Heade b 1824, Parksgrove
  • Anne Head b 1825, Parksgrove
  • William Head b 1826, Parksgrove

Urlingford – Carranconnell, Craddockstown, Woodsgift and Tubbrid

The families in this area were:

James (b circa 1790) and Catherine Drisdale

  • Joanna Heade b 1808, Tubbrid
  • Thomas Heade b 1811, Woodsgift. Mar Mary Dowling 1844. Griffiths 1849. The family emigrated to America and settled in NewHaven, Connecticut

    • Cath Head b 1845, Graine d 1882 NewHaven
    • James Hade b 1847, Tubbrid Lower
    • Bridget Hade b 1851, Tubbrid. Mar James Lee
    • Mary Hade b 1859. Knocknamuck d 1872. NewHaven
    • Elizabeth Hade b 1861, Knocknamuck d 1873. NewHaven
    • Thomas Hade b 1864, Knocknamuck. Prob dies bef they left Ireland

Thomas and Mary arrived with Mary and Elizabeth in 1872.  Cath, Bridget and James were already there in 1870.

Edmond (b circa 1810) and Ellen Lahy – Carronconnell in 1820 and then Craddockstown 1849

  • Margaret Heade b 1831, Craddockstown
  • William Head b 1832, Craddockstown. Mar Mary Cass 1864 as Hayde. William and Mary emigrated to America with their children in 1880. They are described further in the Massachusetts Posts page.
    • Edward Head b 1865. Mar Anna Powers. Died Phil, USA 1935
      • Edmund Heade b 1865, Urlingford
      • Mary Heade b 1866, Urlingford
      • John Heade b 1870, Urlingford
      • James Heade b 1871, Urlingford. D 1872
      • Sarah Heade b 1873, Urlingford. D 1879
      • Catherine Heade b 1874, Urlingford
      • Patrick Heade b 1876, Urlingford. D 1935 NJ
      • Sarah Heade b 1879, Urlingford
      • Francis Joseph Heade b 1887, NJ
    • Mary Heade b 1866, Woodsgift
    • John Heade b 1870, Urlingford
    • James Heade b 1871, Woodsgift. D 1872
    • Sarah Heade b 1873, Woodsgift
    • Catherine Heade b 1874, Carranconnell
    • Patrick Heade b 1876, Darbyshill
    • Sarah Heade b 1879, Darbyshill
    • Francis J b 1888, New Jersey
  • James Head b 1834, Craddockstown
  • Kitty (Catherine) Heade b 1835, Craddockstown
  • Ellen Heade b 1838, Craddockstown

John (b circa 1820) and Margaret Kean – Urlingford 1849

  • Richard Hade b 1841, Urlingford
  • Catherine Head b 1843
  • Michael Heade b 1845, Urlingford

John and Edmund were probably also sons of James and Catherine.

A Jude Hade/Heade married a Denis O’Neil in Urlingford in 1846 (born circa 1826). Some family historians believe that she is another child of James and Catherine. They were in Canada in 1861 and settled in Quebec.

The detailed records from this area are at Urlingford Families

  3 Responses to “Urlingford, Kilkenny, Ireland Families”

  1. This is very good work . I am descended from a Bridget Head/Hade b.abt 1814 Lisdowney (Aharney most likely) mar Michael Gorman my 2nd GGF. They are frequently in St.Bridgid’s birth registry. The Gorman family owned and steward many properties and that property adjoined do with the RIC barracks at the time. I would infer that Mary Head would be Bridget’s mother.

    I have not been able to determine whether Bridget is from Whitegate or Parksgrove above.I am not aware of a local town land called Whitegate in Lisdowney/Aharney. I am aware of Whiteswall which is very well connected to the Gorman family as well as the Marum family. Parksgrove I am very familiar as it is adjacent to Seskin South where Mary Head’s property would have been , essentially in front of St.Brigid’s Church in Lisdowney.

    Regards

    Richard Hackett

    • Richard. I have a Mary Heade b 1814 Aharney. Daughter of Philip and Catherine. Is this the ancestor you refer to? I have not found her marriage in the parish records. David

  2. Congratulations on your work David it is very impressive. In reply to Richard, I am a descendant of Catherine Head born Whitegate 1818. Whitegate is now called Gathabawn or Gattabaun. Catherine’s father Thomas Head was a blackmith in Whitegate. There is no townland of Gathabawn or Whitegate; it is a settlement comprising a small area where three townlands meet – Frankford or Ballykieran (SE of crossroads), Foyle North (SW of crossroads) and Coolcashin (N of crossroads). It doesn’t appear in official records (Griffith’s Valuation for example), so the three townlands must be searched in order to establish who lived there. The maps from Griffith’s Valuation can help a lot.

    Regards

    Tony Lyons

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